As an out lesbian, Alabama State Rep. Paticia Todd was probably not the most popular in the state legislature. She’s even less so now. In the wake of a federal court ruling last week striking down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, Todd has decided to pull out all the stops to defend the ruling. In a posting on her Facebook page, Todd is threatening to tell the names of colleagues who oppose marriage equality while engaging in adultery.
“I will not stand by and allow legislators to talk about ‘family values’ when they have affairs, and I know of many who are and have,” Todd wrote. “I will call our elected officials who want to hide in the closet out.”
Just in case she wasn’t clear, Todd told the TimesDaily that “it is pretty well known that we have people in Montgomery who are or have had affairs.”
At a public event on Monday, Todd told followers that she was aware of the consequences. “Many of you know that I have thrown the gauntlet down to my elected peers that should they decide to go and spout family value that I’m going to call them out,” Todd said. “I’m willing to jeopardize my political campaign to do it. This is the fight of our life. This is why I ran for office.”
How about we take this to the next level?
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Todd’s opponents are used to having their own way. Seems they have met their match at long last.
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Finally a woman with the balls to call out the hyprotricital bastards who spew their noxious holier than thou venom while living their abhorrent lives in direct opposite of their precious bible………….
You just know that there are hard drives being smashed, cell phones being destroyed and florists working overtime all over Alabama…….
We all talk the talk about standing up to the hate filled smcubags who obsess over spewing hatred and venom on our community. Here is a woman who has the guts to stand up and give them a severe dose of their own vile medicine. Below is the link to her site to contribute to her cause. I urge everyone to support her, I just did…
http://www.patriciatodd.info/contribute.html
Ladbrook
I hate “outing” as a general operating practice, but YES, when it comes to behavioral hypocrites… expose them all. Set up a website, post pics, texts, emails, etc etc etc …. Burn the place down.
Fvk847
this is stupid; if you out them you’re just stooping to their level.
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@Fvk847:
Don’t take this personal, but you are so beyond wrong to a degree that is is unmeasurable…….
There is a huge difference between outing someone just for the shock value or to sell some magazines, get ratings for a show, or build traffic to a website. However when someone in a position of power uses the “reason” of passages from the bible or their “religious values” to deny a class of people equality by shoving the bible down our throats by cherry picking obscure passages written by a vile abhorrent ancient closet case and then go out and piss all over all the other “don’ts” in that same bible they 10000% deserve to have their disgusting, vile, abhorrent, hypcritical behaviour exposed for the entire world to see…….
NoCagada
@Fvk847: You’re ignorant. There’s a difference between doing it for the sake of doing it and doing it to expose their hypocrisy.
polarisfashion
@PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS: Could not have said it better myself. These bible thumping hypocrites have no place in our government. I don’t think she is stooping to their level, to me this is more like fighting fire with fire. We liberals are too nice and we are going to get our butts kicked if we don’t speak out about our interests.
Cam
@Fvk847: said…. “this is stupid; if you out them you’re just stooping to their level.”
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So lets see, if a man tries to rape a woman, and she grabs a baseball bat to defend herself is she being stupid and “Stooping to his level”?
Your comment is basically a defense for the bigots. “We can attack you, but if you do or say anything you are evil.”
Sorry not buying it.
And it looks like here is her campaign donation page for 2016.
http://www.patriciatodd.info/contribute.html
Ladbrook
As a follow-up, I’d also like to add this: I admire her bravery, and I agree with her position, but I also believe that if she knows who these hypocrites are(and has proof), then she should just go ahead and drop the info (all of it) and let the chips fall where they may… and she needs to do it soon.
If she doesn’t, she’s more or less saying “I’ll keep your dirty, nasty little secrets, but only if you vote my way.” That sounds a lot like blackmail, which is always a bit unethical.
So yeah… expose them! But do it now and take no prisoners!
jar
@Ladbrook: Not at all. She’s saying she will expose their hypocrisy. If you don’t act like a hypocrite, your dirty little secrets are your business and no one else’s. If you use religion as the basis for your position, then your religious hypocrisy becomes fair game.
hyhybt
@NoCagada: Or, hopefully, just being willing to. Their behaving themselves would be a much better outcome than their continuing the fight and being publicly embarrassed.
erasure25
Why wait? Out them now. Actions have consequences. Spouting family values while cheating on your spouse makes you a perfectly valid target. We should also know how many times these people have been divorced and how many put of wedlock kids they had. If THEY want to make family values part of their politics, they better make sure their house isn’t full or hypocrisy.
passingthru
@Cam: Great idea to post a donation link – Way to go! I sent a few bucks her way. I hope that many people will.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
@Cam:
Great idea! Where ever did you get it? :p
jwtraveler
A lesbian state rep in Alabama?! That is quite a shock. Is there a liberal enclave in Tuscaloosa? Anyway, I think it’s fantastic.
PATRICIA TODD FOR PRESIDENT 2016
mmichael_24
@Fvk847: I agree 100%.
Cam
@PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS: LOL! Smart-ass
jwtraveler
@jar: EXACTLY RIGHT! She’s not exposing them for being adulterers; she’s exposing them for being hypocrites.
Atomicrob
Out them all . . . the hypocrites need to be taught a lesson . . . their self-righteous sanctimony is offensive.
hyhybt
@erasure25: The *threat* of outing them is leverage to get them to behave. Actually outing them now would be to throw that lever away.
Damich
You go girl!! They deserve to be exposed.